Finally, on their CV, a staffer at Rockstar’s New England support studio vaguely says they are now working on the “Next version of a famous IP” following the completion of work on Grand Theft Auto V. This is vague, but it does seemingly disqualify Agent, which, of course, is not a preexisting IP. Ostensibly, one could argue potential Mafia game online DLC might qualify as a “next version.” I would personally guess this “next version” is that or the much-wished-for third Red Dead game, though I personally long for a Bully follow-up.
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Woah a post about Mafia City. If some asked what is your most underrated game of all time it is definitely Mafia City, i have went through the game 3 times, i dont get why the game doesnt have much attention. I mean the story is amazing (besides the ending), perfect combat, also graphics.
Namco Bandai’s European division recently registered a new round of domains that appear to give some insight into the Western arm of the Japanese publisher’s future plans. At the end of last month, Namco Bandai Europe registered a bevy of domains, including: shortpeace-game.com, tenkai-knights-game.com, wwvs-game.com, narutorevolution-game.com, pacmanghostlyadventures2.com, one-piece-unlimited-world-red.com, awakened-legends-game.com, and awakened-legends-vs.com.
The Short Peace domain would presumably suggest a Western localization could be in the cards for Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day, the colorful sidescroller tie-in from Suda 51 and Toyko Jungle developer Crispy’s hitting Japanese shelves in January. My admittedly anime-illiterate self is going to try not to confuse that with the One Piece domain, which likely indicates Namco is also planning to bring the forthcoming 3DS anime game One Piece: Unlimited World Red to Western territories.
Despite the first Pac-Man and the Mafia City being weeks away from release, Namco seems confident enough in its attempt at making Pac-Man relevant to today’s kids that it is already thinking of a game sequel, if the registration of a domain for a sequel is anything to go by.
Tenkai Knights and Naruto are evidently tie-in games to those respective anime series, and I wonder if Naruto Revolution might be a free-to-play game along the lines of the similarly titled recent F2P release Tekken Revolution. And perhaps “Awakened Legends” or “WWVS” could be a Western title for a localization of Namco’s forthcoming Vita/PS3 cross-anime fighting game J-Stars Victory Vs.?
